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Saratoga County Blogger Pleads Guilty To Hacking Charge

The city has not revealed the type of ransomware it was infected with, if it knows who was behind the attack, or where it originated from.
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A Saratoga County blogger facing child pornography charges has pleaded guilty to a computer hacking related charge.

The Albany Times Union reports56-year-old John Tighe of Milton, NY entered a guilty plea Wednesday in Albany County Court on a charge related to hacking into a computer system owned by a Colonie-based company.

Tighe was the blogger behind Saratoga In Decline, a website often critical of elected officials.

As part of the hacking investigation, in 2013 authorities seized Tighe’s computer. It was then investigators discovered a cache of child pornography. Tighe will face charges related to the child pornography in federal court.

Lucas Willard is a reporter and host at WAMC Northeast Public Radio, which he joined in 2011.